--- title: One of the fishermen, late on the previous evening, had met Jurgen g… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One of the fishermen, late on the previous evening, had met Jurgen going towards Martin's house; this was not the first time Jurgen had raised his knife against Martin, so they felt sure that he was the murderer. Who acts: this, first time, fishermen, Jurgen. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, first time, fishermen, Jurgen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:161:22 # text = One of the fishermen, late on the previous evening, had met Jurgen going towards Martin's house; this was not the first time Jurgen had raised his knife against Martin, so they felt sure that he was the murderer. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fishermen fisherman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 towards towards ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past · perfect · passive | | One of the fishermen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | | | | Martin's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | this | the first time | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **raise** | past · perfect · passive | the first time *not said here* | Jurgen | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme knife=Destination | | 5 | **feel** | past | fishermen *= fisherman* | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | past | Jurgen | the murderer | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/23/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/)